Russian programmer Vasily Zubarev, who moved from Novosibirsk to Berlin, said that young IT workers often do not understand the importance of so-called soft skills or skills that are not directly related to getting the job done. He talked about the problem with himself. blog.
“The most important definition to read and remember five times is: soft skills are all that aren’t hard skills, but are still needed at work so the shit around is moving forward,” he said.
According to Zubarev, social skills are skills that help you adapt to an ever-changing work environment. “In general, most leadership and project management practices, even in IT, now come from US Army guidelines,” the programmer added.
He explained that it is possible to distinguish a genuine social skill from an optional skill by answering yes to three questions: Am I doing this during working hours? Doesn’t that apply to my hard skills? If I stop doing this, will the team’s activity seriously slow down?
The programmer pointed out that an IT professional in different teams may need completely different social skills. “There were two real teams that I personally worked with. These are special skills with which you will be a donkey in a particular team. And not some kind of abstract “stress resistance” and “sociability,” Zubarev concluded.
It was previously reported that the threshold for entry into the IT sector was announced in 2023. became higher due to the expansion of the list of requirements from companies to candidates – 37% of IT workers are sure of it.